Lasting peace can exist only without weapons, pope says March 31, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, Vatican, World News A culture of nonviolence will become more widespread when countries and citizens resort less and less to the use of weapons, Pope Francis said.
Sulpician Father Louis Reitz dies at 93 March 30, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Sulpician Father Louis M. Reitz will be offered at 11 a.m. on April 5 at Our Lady of the Angels in Catonsville. Father Reitz died March 27.
Sister Regina Marie de l’Eucharistie Loftus dies at 86 March 30, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Little Sister of the Poor Regina Marie de l’Eucharistie Loftus will be offered March 31 at 10:30 a.m. in the chapel of St. Martin’s Home for the Aged in Catonsville. Sister Regina died March 27. She was 86.
U.S. Catholic bishops call on faithful to pray for Pope Francis’ recovery during hospitalization March 30, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Vatican, World News After the Vatican said Pope Francis was hospitalized for a pulmonary infection March 29, Catholic bishops in the United States called on the faithful to pray for the Holy Father’s recovery.
Responding to Indigenous, Vatican disavows ‘doctrine of discovery’ March 30, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church formally “repudiates those concepts that fail to recognize the inherent human rights of Indigenous peoples, including what has become known as the legal and political ‘doctrine of discovery,'” a Vatican statement said.
Fullerton Passion Walk a ‘deeply moving’ experience March 30, 2023By Kevin J. Parks Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Lent, Local News, News The “Passion Walk,” a series of 18 near-life-size dimensional sets depicting the final days in the life of Jesus, is not unlike what one might see at a theater production.
Pope ‘steadily improving’ from respiratory infection, Vatican says March 30, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News After spending the night in the hospital, Pope Francis is “steadily improving” from a respiratory infection and continuing his planned course of treatment, the Vatican press office said.
Uvalde’s long road to recovery from mass shooting may offer some insights for Nashville community March 30, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, Social Justice, World News The violence of school shootings “is perhaps one of the greatest forms of injustice that we routinely witness in our country. Lives are taken, hearts are broken and innocence is shattered all for nothing,” Catholic Extension said.
West Virginia governor signs funding bill for pregnancy help centers March 30, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Republican West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice March 29 signed into law a measure supporters say will help mothers both during and after pregnancy.
Life in Christ March 30, 2023By Father Joseph Breighner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Lent, Wit & Wisdom Like Jesus, we don’t have to look for approval, control or safety outside ourselves.
Maryknoll pilgrimage to Central America offers glimpse of ‘sacrifice’ March 30, 2023By Deacon Ray Van Pelt Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Missions During our visit, we encountered Maryknoll priests, sisters and lay missionaries working as pastoral coordinators, catechists, teachers, healthcare providers and agricultural and clean-water advisors
Movie Review: With ‘The Journey’ Bocelli gives us a Holy Week treat March 30, 2023By Andrew Petiprin OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Movie & Television Reviews For established fans of Andrea Bocelli and the artists with whom he travels and performs, the film will be a welcome treat for Holy Week.
